Interdependencies of Activity Systems and Strategic Renewal

There are two opposing perspectives on the relationship between
interdependency in activity systems and the likelihood of radical
strategic
renewal. Some scholars argue that interdependency increases
inertia
and thus inhibits radical deviation from the current state. Other
scholars
argue that rich levels of interdependency are necessary to
undergo
radical strategic renewal at all. In this paper, we claim that both
strands
of research have looked at different sub-dimensions of
interdependency
and therefore derive at different conclusions. Hence, by
introducing
multiple dimensions of interdependency, we show that the likelihood
of
radical strategic renewal is influenced by the value of three
structural and
two rule-based dimensions of interdependency.